Zaha Hadid Design Boutique Condo on the High Line

Related Companies announced that it has commissioned world renowned Zaha Hadid Architects to design a boutique condominium adjacent to the High Line at 520 West 28th Street in Chelsea just south of Hudson Yards. The 11-story residential development will mark Hadid’s first commission in New York City, leaving an indelible mark on the High Line’s architecture map and continuing Related’s storied history of partnering with world-class architects and designers.
“We are proud to partner with Zaha Hadid Architects and to continue Related’s commitment to the very best in urban architecture,” said Jeff Blau, CEO of Related Companies. “This development will be ...

Zaha Hadid and Suprematism

Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland
June 13 – September 25, 2010
Galerie Gmurzynska presents a seminal exhibition curated and designed by Zaha Hadid juxtaposing works of the Russian Avant-Garde with the work of Zaha Hadid Architects. A bright explosion of Russian Works pierces through the contemporary works of Zaha Hadid in a dynamic black and white design. The dialogue of these works constantly shifts and realigns as one moves through the space focusing on four themes: Abstraction, Distortion, Fragmentation, and Floatation. A site-specific artwork, the exhibition design is a projection of a 2-dimensional drawing into the 3-dimensional space. The gallery has become a spatial painting in which the ...

Shakespeare in the Park Campaign

This year’s season of Shakespeare in the Park is set to present powerful productions of The Winter’s Tale and The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino as Shylock. Paula Scher of Pentagram has designed the festival’s promotional campaign, currently going up on buses and in subways and train stations all over New York City. Unlike recent past seasons, which featured a pair of plays staged separately in the early and late summer, this year’s plays are being presented in repertory throughout the season. Scher’s campaign focuses on the evocative language in both plays, pulling lines from each to meet in a dimensional explosion ...

BKLYN Designs Kicks Off the Design Season in NYC

May 7-9 BKLYN Designs will be celebrating their 8th annual design show. The show is presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce to promote industrial and interior designers with an emphasis on green manufacturing, sustainability and local production. Carl Hum, President of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, pointed out that the show is a testament to Brooklyn’s rich history of design and its impressive potential. All of the exhibitors are from Brooklyn and had their work specially selected by a jury and as a result we can expect a well organized and special selection of Brooklyn’s best and brightest.
In addition ...

Related Companies announced that it has commissioned world renowned Zaha Hadid Architects to design a boutique condominium adjacent to the High Line at 520 West 28th Street in Chelsea just south of Hudson... read more

Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland
June 13 – September 25, 2010
Galerie Gmurzynska presents a seminal exhibition curated and designed by Zaha Hadid juxtaposing works of the Russian Avant-Garde... read more

This year’s season of Shakespeare in the Park is set to present powerful productions of The Winter’s Tale and The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino as Shylock. Paula Scher of Pentagram has... read more

On the eve of ICFF 2010, the events surrounding the show begin in earnest. ICFF is the hub, but all the other events are what really make it a design week. You have to pick and choose which events to... read more

The spring design season has officially kicked off with the opening of BKLYN Designs this morning. I was able to attend the press preview and avoid the (hopefully) crowds. We will have a full wrap-up of... read more

Mass transportation doesn’t have to mean masses of people stuffed in large vehicles. SkyTran, a cross between a monorail, Minority Report and a hanging roller coaster, is a departure from what most... read more

May 7-9 BKLYN Designs will be celebrating their 8th annual design show. The show is presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce to promote industrial and interior designers with an emphasis on green... read more

Related Companies announced that it has commissioned world renowned Zaha Hadid Architects to design a boutique condominium adjacent to the High Line at 520 West 28th Street in Chelsea just south of Hudson... read more

On January 4, 2010 the tallest structure in the world was opened with fireworks and fanfare. One of the biggest surprises was the last-minute announcement that the name of the tower was changed to Burj... read more

When Spanish architect, Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys was asked to design an auditorium located in the old garden of the palacete built by Salaberry in 1907, he took the context of the location very seriously.
Based... read more

A new housing development in West Hollywood, California is turning heads for an obvious and not so obvious reason.
Formosa 1140, designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA), is a striking eleven-unit... read more

The City of Jaca Hockey Arena in Spain was originally conceived as a facility of the European Youth Olympic Festival of Jaca 2007, the first event in the Pyrennes.
The new pavilion, designed by the architectural... read more

Architecture for the arts can be a very tricky undertaking, yet when done successfully, can be fulfilling for the architect and for the public.
There is a fine line between a building overpowering the... read more

Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland
June 13 – September 25, 2010
Galerie Gmurzynska presents a seminal exhibition curated and designed by Zaha Hadid juxtaposing works of the Russian Avant-Garde... read more

Find them here. No wait, there. No wait – they’ve moved again! haus modern living has seen many homes over the last seven years. But with the two current locations, they seem to have found... read more

The completion of the new Armani Fifth Avenue store in New York marks the hat-trick for the Armani/Doriana & Massimiliano Fuksas collaboration that started with the groundbreaking Chater House Emporio... read more

Much has been made of the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and deservedly so. The enormous Renzo Piano-designed museum is rife with innovation in design and execution and is the largest... read more

Urban Farmer might sound like an oxymoron, but in Oregon the two go together hand-in-hand.
Urban Farmer is a modern steakhouse located in new luxury hotel Nines at the historic Meier & Frank building... read more

Mass transportation doesn’t have to mean masses of people stuffed in large vehicles. SkyTran, a cross between a monorail, Minority Report and a hanging roller coaster, is a departure from what most... read more

Everyone seems to be slowing down a little bit, especially in the design sector. Everyone except Zaha Hadid, that is.
Even before the architectural slow-down, Hadid had been lending her design aesthetic... read more

Anyone who has been a reader for kontaktmag for a while knows that we are big fans of the Tesla Motors company and the Tesla Roadster. We have been waiting patiently for a look at the new sedan which... read more

Ok, maybe it’s the zen symbolism of this one but it was too hard to pass up. This must have comes to us via Yanko Design.
For truly, it is the one who seeks “Balance,” the salt and pepper shaker... read more

We launched our Reimagined department with toasters. Here are some more imaginative toasters compiled by Yanko Design. Some of them are ones we’ve already covered and others are new.
It’s All About... read more

Unlike the STRiDA which was designed for portable urban transportation, the Green Shadow is built for speed. Designed by Spanish graphic and industrial design firm Mr. Onüff, the Green Shadow features... read more

travel

For his first hotel designed in Italy, French designer, Philippe Starck, scored the Palazzina Grassi. The newest hotel in the heart of Venice, Italy is located on the Grand Canal, right next to the famed... read more

Hotel veterans might say newcomer Tom Michelberger is playing at being a hotelier which would be fine by him as “play” is a central theme to his brand new hotel.
The “first” Michelberger Hotel... read more

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On the eve of ICFF 2010, the events surrounding the show begin in earnest. ICFF is the hub, but all the other events are what really make it a design week. You have to pick and choose which events to... read more

The spring design season has officially kicked off with the opening of BKLYN Designs this morning. I was able to attend the press preview and avoid the (hopefully) crowds. We will have a full wrap-up of... read more

When I was young, my go to toy was a big box of Legos. A mish-mash of colors, shapes and sizes of bricks were at my disposal. I had corner pieces, bricks with holes for wheels and even slanted pieces... read more